(CBS News) CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The message from police to party-goers this New Year's Eve is: "Drive sober or get pulled over."
There were nearly 10,000 deaths from drunk driving in the U.S. last year, down 2.5 percent from the year before.
There is now a debate over technology that could prevent drunk drivers from starting their engines.

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Posted 01 January 2013 - 05:57 PM

I've actually heard about something like this before. It detects if you're over the drink limit and prevents you from starting the ignition on your car, or something along those lines is what I heard. Anything at all that keeps drunk drivers off the roads gets a vote from me!

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Posted 01 January 2013 - 11:03 PM

Any method that'll help save lives and still not intrude into other people's privacy is welcomed by me.

Jesus Christ - Matthew 28:18-20 said:

"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

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Posted 02 January 2013 - 12:29 AM

If you want to stop drunks from driving, make bars where people can drink and then drive illegal. And for those that do it anyway. If you kill someone while driving because you were drunk...capital punishment. If you get caught drinking and driving...you go to jail, and the state takes your vehicle. First time...every time.

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New York State has already been using this. If you are convicted of a misdemeanor or felony DWI, chances are that the judge will order you to have an interlock device installed in your vehicle at your own expense.

It would be interesting to pursue instituting a mandatory sensor on those convicted of DUI/DWI as a federal mandate. But, further sustain this device for a period of at least ten years at the owner's expense.